Inside Triathlon: Dave Scott’s Search For Meaning

By Courtney Baird

Published Dec 16, 2010

Updated Jun 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM UTC

Inside Triathlon recently spent some time with six-time Ironman world champion Dave Scott to see how he’s adjusting to a new era of triathlon. Check out our story in the January/February issue of Inside Triathlon, as well as some of the photos, taken by Nick Salazar, that were left on the cutting room floor.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

The accident shattered his left wrist, fractured and dislocated his left ring finger leaving a bone projecting through the skin, fractured his left ulna, shattered his left scapula, and caused a major hematoma to his right femur. Scott never lost consciousness. As he lay face-up on the street he thought, “Oh, God, I’m going to get so out of shape.” The six-time Ironman world champion says he can still push himself as hard as ever. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott cycling: Exercise is a “morphine-like endorphin feeling to him,” he says. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott cycling: Exercise is a “morphine-like endorphin feeling to him,” he says. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott cycling: Exercise is a “morphine-like endorphin feeling to him,” he says. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott cycling: Exercise is a “morphine-like endorphin feeling to him,” he says. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now. Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.

Dave Scott's Search For Meaning

Scott trail running in Boulder, Colo. For more on how Scott is finding a place for himself in the new age of triathlon, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Inside Triathlon, on newsstands now.
Click here to subscribe to Inside Triathlon.